New Canada government backs Keystone pipeline: foreign minister

OTTAWA Nov 5 (Reuters) - Canada's new Liberal government
backs TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline,
but does not want it to become an irritant in its relationship
with the United States, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said on
Thursday.

Dion told reporters that he understood Washington needed to
review the project very closely. U.S. President Barack Obama is
widely expected to veto the proposed pipeline before he leaves
office in early 2017.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren)